A Feline First--redux

My Sweetie Cat is healing. After 3 days in the tree with no signs of coming down, she was "helped" down. I took my water hose and sprayed up over her head. Hating water as she does, she unhappily came down, and I was able to doctor her wounds.

A few days later, I took her to my regular vet who was shocked at her injuries. "No way", he said, "could she have done this to herself". So much for the burst abcess theory. He prescribed another round of the pink stuff, and I tethered the cat to a pet carrier in my back yard to be sure I could check on her several times daily. This worked fine until the air conditioner repairperson came last Thursday. In returning the water hose he used to clean the a/c filter and unit, he spooked Sweetie Cat. She took off, losing her collar, and was chased by my dog Poochie. Guess where? Back into her safe tree! Another two or three days passed, and my attempt to "shoot" her down with the water hose failed. I finally talked her down Sunday, and, although she goes up into the tree for the hot part of the day, she's coming down for food, and she meows at the back door until I come out and pet her. We've both survived the trauma, and we're friends again. I still have no idea what originally happened to her, nor does the vet. I hope I can be a better protector in the future.